Police in Sacramento were searching for at least two people who fired into a crowd, killing six people and wounding 12 others.
The shooting was reported around 2 a.m. Sunday on the outskirts of the city's downtown entertainment district as bars and nightclubs emptied for the night. Three men and three women were killed.
The shooting occurred in an area anchored by the Golden One Arena that hosts concerts and the NBA's Sacramento Kings. Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg and other city officials decried escalating violence in the city while also urging people to keep coming downtown for events like NBA games and performances of the Broadway musical "Wicked.
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